Who is Oscar De La Hoya?

At the early age of 16, he won his first boxing title in the bantamweight division receiving the National Golden Gloves.

Best Known For

Named after his nickname, he is known as a founder of the first boxing firm to be owned by a Mexican-American, Golden Boy Promotions.

Sexual Orientation

Oscar is straight. In 1999, he had a daughter with the 1995 Miss USA Shanna Moakler after they had been dating for 2 years. They got engaged before their daughter Atiana was born but unfortunately the relationship ended before they could get married. In 2001, he got married to Millie Corretjer and they have 4 children together Nina, Oscar, Devon and Jacob. He is also known to have been involved with the stunning Paris Hilton in the year 2000. (Source: whodatedwho.com)

Religious Belief

Oscar is a Christian. He is known to have been religious right from his childhood. He always prayed for the wellbeing of himself and his opponents before fights. (Source: 09/12/2008, bleacherreport.com)

Worth to Know

Though he ended his boxing career in 2008 when lost to Manny Pacquiao, yet he has been preparing to make a comeback and defeat Conor McGregor once and for all in 2015. After all the hype, Oscar called it off within a week. He stood on his point that he would love to go against under boxing regulations but not under the Mixed Martial Arts rules. (Source: skysports.com, 14/11/2017)

From the start of his career in 1992 with his first match against Lamar Williams, he did not lose a match until he fought against Felix Trinidad in 1999.

He won a gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games.

In 2008 he weighted 147 pounds (66.6 kg)He did have drug and alcohol problems.